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Re: Anyone see a game changer here?


From: Steven Bellovin <smb () cs columbia edu>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:16:03 -0500


On Jan 22, 2010, at 12:26 AM, Bruce Williams wrote:

The problem with IE is the same problem as Windows, the basic design
is fundementally insecure and "timely updates" can't fix that.

You do realize, of course, that IE is recording less than half the security flaw rate of Firefox?  (See 
http://prosecure.netgear.com/community/security-blog/2009/11/web-browser-vulnerability-report---firefox-leads-the-pack-at-44.php)

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb







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